African Americans–Civil rights–History

  • After the murder of four children

    After the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama on September 15, 1963, James Baldwin spoke to an overflowing crowd at the New York Community Church. Baldwin spoke against the use of terrorism to achieve political aims. The speech was recorded by WBAI at the New York Community Church, 25 September 1963.

  • Baldwin at the Masonic Temple

    James Baldwin delivering one of the talks, on his hopes and plans for changing the modern world. This one was recorded at the Masonic Memorial Temple in San Francisco on the evening of May 7.

  • Memorial service for James Chaney

    Actuality of a service for a slain civil rights worker, James Chaney, held in his home town in Meridian, Mississippi on August 7, 1964. The principal speakers at the service were David Dennis of CORE and assistant director of the Mississippi summer project and the Reverend Edward Camp, chaplain at Tougaloo College. Includes a speech…

  • The Garner case (Episode 4, Part 3 of 3)

    This is the third and concluding episode on the Garner vs. Louisiana case, and the fourth of 13 episodes of the Law and Society series, produced by Florence Mischel from an extensive study conducted in the summer of 1963 at the Conference of law, jurisprudence, and the Bill of Rights, held at the Center for…

  • The San Francisco human rights march

    This is a recording of the speeches given at a rally of 35,000 people at the Republican National Convention in San Francisco, July 12, 1964. The day before the opening of the Republican National Convention, 35,000 people marched up Market Street in San Francisco and held a mass rally in Civic Center. The purpose of…

  • Affirmative discrimination : schools (Episode 5)

    Edwin E. Dunaway, former Supreme Court Justice of the state of Arkansas, leads a staff discussion on the potential for reverse discrimination as a result of Affirmative Action programs, particularly as regards schools. This is the first in a two-part discussion on affirmative action and the fifth of thirteen episodes of the Law and Society…

  • Affirmative discrimination : jobs (Episode 6)

    Conclusion of a discussion between Edwin E. Dunaway and the staff of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara on the jobs programs designed to help minority Americans. This is the second of two episodes on affirmative action and the sixth of thirteen episodes of the Law and Society series, produced…

  • Quotas for negroes: insult or compensation? (Episode 7)

    This is a recording of one of six panel discussions held at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions regarding affirmative action. Harry Kalven, Jr. of the University of Chicago Law School leads the discussion on the possible ways of compensating today for the past inequalities for Blacks in the American workforce. This is…

  • Louis Lomax in San Francisco

    Louis E. Lomax addresses a rally in San Francisco in late August 1963 of the United San Francisco Freedom Movement, on Black Civil Rights, and the need for inter-racial cooperation. KPFA allowed for several “open hours” in their schedule every month, which they describe in their Folio as “left vacant for something current and important.”

  • Africa and the new identity

    Harold Isaacs, Senior Research Associate at the Center for International Studies at MIT, delivers a talk called “Africa and the New Identity.” In this talk, Isaacs speaks on renewed Black interest and pride in their African heritage. This is the second in the series of ten lectures delivered by distinguished professors from around the nation…